About

Dice Summoners

€5,962

pledged of €5,000 goal

143

backers

"Summon forth creatures from legend to serve you and help recruit
worshippers. Wield powerful spells to bring out the true potential
of your army. Assemble armies of fierce angels or mythical demons.
Cast fireballs and magic walls. Control the battlefield to vanquish
your opponent."

Summoners build their army using the occult symbols on the dice.
These symbols gain and activate spells, creatures, auras and curses
from a common pool of cards. Deplete your enemy’s health to eliminate them and win the battle.

Dice Summoners is a light, quick game for two players. It's ideal for couples or small groups looking for a fun game to start an evening. With 44 interchangeable decks it is also ideal for a whole day of gaming. The game only takes a few minutes to set up and takes 30 minutes to play.

2 Player card and dice game

Plays in about 30 minutes

Card Drafting, Pool Building, Dice Rolling, Take That mechanics

Recommended for ages 14 and above

Each player begins with 3 starting spells and creatures. The centre of the gameplay area contains a pool of 16 communal decks of cards. There are 44 interchangeable decks in the box to allow for a variety of gameplay. The rule book has four suggested formats to choose from and a guide on how to create your own set up.

A player's turn is split into 2 stages: Gain and Combat. In the Gain stage, players earn dice based on the creatures in their army. Stronger creatures give dice of greater number and strength. The dice are then rolled. In the Combat stage the player matches the symbols rolled on the dice with the many different actions available on their cards. Actions include casting spells, summoning creatures, stealing, healing, attacking and defending.

Every turn there will be multiple actions the player can choose from. The player ends their turn when they run out of dice to complete actions. They can also choose to keep some dice for the next round. Play continues to the next player. The game ends when one player’s health drops to 0. The remaining player wins and is declared the greatest summoner in the land.

The brilliant Kate O'Moore of MAKER Creative did the graphic design to make the content beautifully composed and easy to read. Her style fits perfectly with the theme and the overall direction of the game. We look forward to working together on future projects.

Artwork and illustration for the cards were all completed by the very talented Brendan Purchase. The illustrations really help capture the essence of the game. His skill gives this game a beating heart. Brendan is best known for his work with 'Dark Horse Comics' having contributed to many different pieces with them.

54 Creature Cards

33 Spell Cards

20 Curse Cards

15 Aura Cards

2 Reference Cards

30 Defense Tokens

12 Engraved Blue Dice

8 Engraved Red Dice

2 Health Trackers and Tokens

1 Rulebook

Extra creature cards will be added, with your help, upon reaching the stretch goals.

As a Kickstarter exclusive to all our backers we will be adding in laser cut health trackers and a laser engraved coin. These health trackers will be a nicer way to keep track of your health in the game instead of the little black cubes. The coin is a great way of determining who will be first player. They won't affect gameplay in any way but we think they are pretty cool. They are being added in for free to each copy of the game as a Kickstarter exclusive. This is to show our appreciation for your incredible support with the campaign. The image below shows the prototypes and gives a rough indication of the final pieces.

Each laser cut health tracker will have a circular base so they stand upright. Each one represents a different faction in the game so you can show your love for your favourite. The fire represents the Daemonolatry faction, the egg represents the dinosaurs in the Science faction and so on. They will also be cut from different colours to match. The coins will have easily recognisable icons on both sides so players can shout skull or sword while it's in the air.

"One of the things that struck me was the simplicity and purity of the core mechanics"

Your very own shiny new copy of Dice Summoners with any unlocked stretch goals.

€55 Pledge

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€80 Retailer Pledge

ONLY for verified retailers. This pledge allows retailers to be among the first to offer Dice Summoners and support our campaign. Five copies of Dice Summoners with any unlocked stretch goals. This price excludes shipping and taxes. We will email you to verify you are a retailer and organise payment of shipping cost and potential taxes.

Helping us reach these stretch goals will give us the ability to commission even more artwork for each of the cards below. These cards will add even more variety and replayability to the game.

€5500 Stretch Goal - FUNDED

THE WEREWOLF is a powerful advanced creature from the Vodou faction. This creature combines a unique combination of attack and steal, bringing whole new strategies to the game.

€6000 Stretch Goal

THE VELOCIRAPTOR, because who doesn't love a velociraptor? This creature is part of the Science faction. The velociraptor was a fearsome hunter and boasts a very powerful attack but a weaker defence.

€6500 Stretch Goal

THE ARCHANGEL adds a whole new element to the Enochian faction. While most angels use their powers for good with healing and defence, the Archangel takes the fight to the enemy by adding a formidable attack to his healing ability.

€7000 Stretch Goal

THE INCUBUS is an advanced creature with a powerful attack strength that brings a high risk, high reward strategy. It brings a great opportunity to build an offensive strategy.

AREL is part of the Enochian faction bringing the healing ability to basic creatures. She is an easy addition to your army that could provide healing at just the right time.

€7500 Stretch Goal

The most famous dinosaur of them all. THE T-REX is a mythic creature with a powerful attack and defence combination. With this stretch goal, you can now answer that eternal question: "Who would win in a fight? a T-Rex or a horde of zombies?".

THE HYDRA is a mighty creature with a much easier activation to other mythic creatures meaning it can be deployed for big damage with more ease.

We are prepared to ship all over the world. Our estimated date for delivery to your door is May 2019. This is subject to manufacturing and shipping times but we hope to get you your game as soon as possible.

For one copy of Dice Summoners the shipping will be:

€9 for the EU

€14 for worldwide

For two copies of Dice Summoners the shipping will be:

€13 for the EU

€22 for worldwide

We're also EU friendly so you won't be left paying anything other than the shipping cost if you live in the European Union.

There are so many wonderful people in the board game community that have shared in the journey of Dice Summoners. We've been working on this game for over 2 years and have had hundreds of people playtest our game. Their feedback has shaped Dice Summoners into a balanced fun game for everyone. Thank you to our playtesters for the great feedback and support.

People have played this game at dozens of conventions and meetups in many different countries such as Mondial Des Jeux, UK Games Expo, Dublin Comic Con, Tabletop Scotland and many more. Thank you to all the organisers for your amazing work.

People have helped review and discuss our game on many different platforms such as podcasts, video previews and blog posts. Groups such as We're Not Wizards, Geek City USA, Unlucky Frog Gaming and many more. Thanks you to all the content creators for your expert point of view.

Eoin Costelloe, Ciara Costelloe and Brian O'Moore founded Decking Awesome Games in 2015. We've been playing games since we were kids and have always loved the friendly social atmosphere they create. It is our mission at Decking Awesome Games to fill the world with exciting and novel games.

Left to right: Eoin, Ciara and Brian

Eoin originally came up with this idea in 2016. Working closely together we have designed and prototyped over 30 versions of this game to come up with the best and most polished experience possible. It has been an incredible journey and we can't wait to share this game with the world.

Meeting our Kickstarter funding goal will allow us to do our first manufacturing run (of hopefully many). After our backers have received their games we will sell the rest in board game shops, at conventions and online. By using Kickstarter we will be able to create the best game possible with engraved dice and high quality cards. Reaching our stretch goals means including more content for all the games we manufacture and send to our backers.

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Risks and challenges

The components, mechanics, design and artwork of Dice Summoners have all been completed, prototyped and tested.

The stretch goal artwork will be done if the goal is reached and this will not affect the delivery date of the game.

This is our first game to publish. That is why we have been dedicated to removing any risks and common problems. We've worked tirelessly to ensure our manufacturing, logistics and fulfilment will work for all our backers. We have several contacts that have helped us in these stages and ensure backers will have best experience possible.

We are confident we will get this game to all our backers on time with our funding goal.

We will regularly communicate our progress to our backers to ensure everyone is aware of any obstacles.

Kickstarter is not a store.

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Retailer Pledge
ONLY for verified Retailers
This pledge allows retailers to be among the first to offer Dice Summoners and support our campaign.
Five copies of Dice Summoners with any unlocked stretch goals. Excludes shipping and taxes. We will email you to verify you are a retailer and organise payment of shipping cost and potential taxes.